Image via Finextra — Payments
Finastra: Ma Activity
Finastra divested its Universal Banking (UB) global core banking software business to UK-based private equity firm Pollen Street Capital.
Source: Finextra — Payments
The leadership read
Consolidation of this kind shifts demand toward integration and transformation leadership bench strength in fintech.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 110 (Hot), up 11.7 month-on-month — shows EMEA signal flow rising (+1.7pts).
Finastra: 4 signals in the last 90 days — above the Fintech median of 1 across 111 tracked companies; 0.3% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 4 tracked across 17 days.
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